First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 511

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Gao Chong took the apprenticeship wine offered by Du Dixing respectfully and drank it all in one gulp. The more Gao Chong looked at this fourth disciple, the more he was satisfied: With his appearance and demeanor, he was exactly as handsome as Gao Chong.

Superb martial arts and Kong Wu's greatness, these are the most recorded contents of Tudixing in history books, but there are not many records of Tudixing's achievements in shocking the frontier, which is enough to explain Tudixing's personal charm.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he summoned Tudiji to enter the court, gave him the surname Li, and changed Tudixing's name to Li Jinxing. In Li Jinxing's epitaph, it is recorded: "The father is young and wise, strong and powerful, with a beautiful complexion and a beautiful bearded swallow." jaw……".

If the epitaph is a compliment to the master, then there are also a lot of descriptions of Li Jinxing's appearance and character in the history books.

"Old Tang Book Mohe Biography" records: "Zi is sincere, magnificent, and powerful...".

"New Book of Tang" is a separate biography of Li Jinxing. "New Book of Tang. Li Jinxing Biography" records: "Jingxing has a great appearance and bravely surpasses the army."

"Tang Huiyao. Mohe" records: "Be careful to use force to surpass others."

It can be seen from this that Li Jinxing was already outstanding and attracted people's attention when he was a teenager.

"Duke Yarrow, may I take the characters for Dudixing?" Gao Chong looked at the preoccupied Tudiji and asked.

Tu Diji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said directly: "The king of heaven and earth is a teacher, and since the ambassador is a teacher of dogs, he is naturally subject to discipline, and it doesn't matter if he is killed."

Gao Chong nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Advancement, a single name and a word, has the meaning of moving forward, but it is hard work to stand firm in the secular world. It is not easy to get ahead, so I will give it to you." You choose your words carefully and act carefully, and you act cautiously, I hope you will be cautious in your words and deeds, and act prudently."

Tudiji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and when Tudixing realized it, he bowed down and thanked him.

"It's very good to act out of the ground, and the words are careful." Li Xiyu said with a smile: "According to the "Historical Records": 'If you act cautiously, you will always bow to me'. Only cautious words and deeds, prudent actions, Only in this way can simplicity be in the emperor's heart, and the ambassador has worked hard for this son."

Although Tudiji has been in the Central Plains for a long time, he still doesn't know anything about the collection of classics and history. After hearing Li Xiyu's answer, he was very happy and kept muttering: "If you are sincere, you will always bow to me...".

Then thank you again.

"Duke Yi, let Jinxing follow me from now on," Gao Chong said with a smile, "It's just a good time to temper this kid."

"I can't ask for it", Tu Diji happily responded, and looked at Tu Dixing, "From now on, you must listen to your master, serve tea and pour water, and serve you around. Don't slack off. If you dare to disobey, I will not forgive you".

"Yes, the boy has written it down." He suddenly nodded in response, still stern.

Seeing that Gao Chong was in a happy mood after accepting his apprenticeship, he frequently toasted and drank, and everyone was even more enthusiastic.

Little Khan Tuli finally found a chance to chat with Gao Chong, talking about his friendship with Li Shimin, and discussing poems and articles, full of interest.

On the other side, Tielida, the chief of the Tieli tribe in Heishui Mohe, also came to Tudiji with a wine glass.

"Great Chief, do you still remember the Tie Li Department?" Tie Lida hummed with a laugh.

Tudiji is the alliance chief of Sumo Mohe Eight Tribes, known as the Great Chief, whose status is higher than that of ordinary tribal chiefs. In front of Tudiji, Tielida has a very low profile, after all, he has something to ask for.

When I saw this person's hairstyle, I knew he was from Heishui Mohe.

Seeing this person approaching, Di Ji's expression darkened suddenly, he put down his wine glass, and said with a cold snort, "Why is Heishui here?"

The Mohe are divided into two major tribes. The Heishui Mohe lives in the Heishui River Basin. There are sixteen tribes, and they are powerful.

Sumo Mohe lived in the Sumo River area, and there were only eight tribes.

Although the two tribes belong to the same clan, they struggled to survive in the bitterly cold white mountains and black waters, and conflicts inevitably occurred due to the competition for resources. Tielida has a good face.

"Great chief, I, Tielibu, did not rob you." Tielida scratched his head and said, "Your enemy is not me."

Hearing this, Tu Diji's face softened a little. The Tie Li Department lived in the Bohai Sea area and often had contact with the Han people. Although it belonged to Heishui Mohe, it did not participate in the persecution of Sumo Mohe.

"What's the matter with you?" Du Diji's character is destined not to be too tough, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, which was regarded as accepting Tielida's toast.

Tie Lida looked happy, and secretly glanced at Tuli Khan, seeing that Tuli and Gao Chong were chatting passionately, he whispered his plea.

Then he said with a bitter face: "Great chief, for the sake of being of the same clan, please help Tielibu, otherwise this winter will really not survive."

Hearing the words "belonging to the same clan", Du Diji immediately became furious, and couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted, "How dare you say you belong to the same clan? Why didn't you, the Heishui clan, give relief for the sake of belonging to the same clan?" We, together with Goguryeo, expelled us, is this what you call belonging to the same clan?"

Tielida's face was stiff when he heard this, and he didn't know how to respond.

There was a lot of movement here, which attracted the attention of others. Wang Junkuo came over with a flagon in his hand, hiccupped, and asked, "What's the matter, Duke Yi? Who made you so angry?"

When he came to the front, Wang Junkuo rolled his eyes drunkenly, "Eh? This is not that or something, yes, it seems to be someone from you, with pigtails."

"Heishui Mohe", Tie Lida said with a dark face, then stroked the braid on his head, and said in a somewhat uncomfortable buzzing voice: "This general must not laugh at our customs."

With a bang, Wang Junkuo slammed the jug on the desk, staring, "Why did you talk to me? Believe it or not, I killed your whole family."

Tielida's face turned red immediately, and he glared at Wang Junkuo.

"What's the situation?" Gao Chong frowned, and looked around, "Why are you so impatient, let's go over and have a look."

Take the lead suddenly.

"Aye, what's the matter?" Tudi Jinxing stepped forward and asked, then looked at Tielida, his eyes froze, "the people of the black water".

"My son, this is from the Ministry of Iron and Steel. He said he won't survive the winter this year, so he asked us to help him. Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Su Diji walked up to Gao Chong consciously, speaking with a bit of confidence, "I still have a face Here is a mention of fellowship."

Unexpectedly, when he heard the words, he thought for a while and said: "Aye, if you can do what you can, you should help."

After a sudden pause, he said sullenly, "What are you talking about? Do you know that this is a person from the other side of Heishui, who drove us out of our ancestral land with outsiders back then."

"Those who do great things can't be worried about what has happened." Sudi Jinxing shook his head, and said slowly: "Now the Tieli Department is in trouble. If we help them, then they owe us a kindness." .

After finishing speaking, he suddenly turned to Tielida, "Chief Tieli, if we are willing to rescue the Tieli tribe, what are you willing to pay?"

Tielida was stunned when he heard the words, scratched his pigtail, and then asked with a frown, "What do you want?"

"Get out of the black water and join the millet and mohe", said suddenly and sincerely.

"Impossible, the Tie Li Department has always belonged to Heishui," Tie Lida shook his head and said.

Tudi said cautiously: "A long time ago, there was only Mohe, and there was no distinction between Heishui and millet. At that time, Mohe was so powerful.

Since you said that they belong to the same clan, why do you have to distinguish them so clearly?Did the tribes of Blackwater help you when you were in trouble?Will they help you through the winter?

If this is the case, then why do we have to stay in Heishui, join our Sumo, and we will allegiance to the Tang Dynasty together, and when we grow stronger, we will unify the 24 Mohe Departments. At that time, there will be no distinction between Heishui and Sumo, only us Mohe family".

Seeing Tielida's silence, he suddenly glanced at the Turkic people opposite him, and continued: "We Mohe people are obviously stronger, braver, more industrious, able to herd and farm, but we are divided into two As a result, their strength has been weakened, and they have been oppressed by the Turks for a long time, and it is difficult to survive the winter. Why? Chief Tieli, have you never thought about it?"

Wang Junkuo looked in amazement at Tudi Jinxing's serious persuasion to Tielida, with a look of astonishment on his face, and clicked his tongue when he came back to his senses, "It's incredible, no wonder Youzhi is so fond of you, you want to unify Mohe, this It’s about doing big things.”

Tu Diji reacted, and quickly stated his position, and said directly: "The king's words are serious. No matter what, we, Su Mo Mohe, are always loyal to the Tang Dynasty, to the sage, and to the prince. This is what this kid is talking about."

Suddenly, he glanced at his father cautiously, but didn't make a sound, just waiting for Tielida's reply.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it," Tie Lida said while beating his head, returning to his seat and struggling.

Wang Junkuo was very excited, looked at Tudi Jinxing with bright eyes, patted him on the shoulder, "Boy, you are very good and ambitious", then turned and walked towards Gao Chong.

"Yuzhi, you have taken in a good apprentice." Wang Junkuo rudely interrupted Tuli's conversation with Gao Chong, causing Tuli to frown.

"How do you say that?" Gao Chong asked curiously.

Just now Tuli has been grabbing him to talk about the collection of classics and history, expressing unabashedly his yearning for the Central Plains culture. Khan's banditry.

Just as Wang Junkuo was about to speak, he suddenly glanced at Tuli, changed his mind, and said with a smile: "The people from Heishui Mohe Tieli Department went to bully Duke Yi, but your good disciple scolded him back."

Gao Chong's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he looked at Turkic, "Little Khan, this man from Heishui Mohe is so arrogant, does he really think that my sword is not good for me?"

Tuli Khan's face suddenly changed, and he glared angrily at the frowning and pensive Tielida, suppressed his anger towards Tielida, and said directly: "Heishui Mohe is just a barbarian who doesn't know etiquette. If you find it strange, Ben Khan will punish him severely when he turns around."

Gao Chong snorted coldly, "As the saying goes, it's a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar. You come to watch the ceremony and treat yourself with wine and meat, but the Tang Dynasty doesn't welcome bad guests, little Khan, I think you are gentle and elegant, it's true. Gentleman's demeanor, don't be influenced by such barbarians."

Tuli Khan was very happy when he heard this, and he waved his hands and said, "But how can this lowly evil slave affect Ben Khan? Brother You, look at it, and I will give you an explanation."

As soon as the voice fell, Tuli Khan slapped the table and scolded: "Tie Lida, get over here."

Tielida, who was contemplating, was startled when he heard the words. Seeing that Tuli Khan was so rude, he felt sullen in his heart, and walked up to him with a gloomy face, "What's the matter, little Khan?"

Tie Lida's gesture annoyed Tuli even more.

"Good dog slave, how dare you be so rude." Tuli stood up, grabbed the horsewhip around the guard's waist, and whipped it, "What kind of lowly status are you, it's a kindness for you to have a banquet here, why don't you Dare to be arrogant and rude here?"

With a crackling sound, the horsewhip hit Tielida's face, and there was a bloodstain.

Tielida was furious, and couldn't hold back his anger towards Tuli anymore, "You're looking for death", he clenched his fists and rushed towards Tuli.

"Ah~" Tuli fell to the ground in fright.

"Bold".

"court death".

Shouting twice in succession, Tuli's guards and Gao Chong's guards rushed forward and pushed Tielida to the ground.

"You, evil slave, dare to plot rebellion, kill him, kill him quickly," Tu Li shouted angrily.

After all, the little Turkic Khan is a Turkic royal family, second only to the little Khan of the Great Khan, one person is under ten thousand, and the guards under his command are naturally one of the Turkic warriors. Lida.

"Don't", Tudi Jinxing suddenly stopped it.

Gao Chong originally just stood by and watched indifferently, but when he took a look at Sudden and acted cautiously, seeing the anxious expression on his apprentice's face, he felt something in his heart.

Wang Junkuo was dumbfounded, and reacted to the sudden cautious words, and immediately said angrily: "Stop, how dare you draw your sword here."

Gao Chong thought of his plan, and his face sank, "Little Khan, what does this mean?"

"He is so rude, how can Ben Khan spare him?" Tuli Khan said through gritted teeth.

Tie Lida's sudden violent reaction just now really frightened him. If the guards were not strong, the barbarian might really be able to kill Tuli.

"So you drew your saber in my Great Tang territory?" Gao Chong said in a deep voice with a gloomy face.

"No", Tuli Khan waved his hands and said, "It has nothing to do with you...".

While talking, Tuli Khan felt that something was wrong. He whipped Tielida just now to vent his anger on the humiliated Tudiji. Why is Datang now trying to protect Tielida? Yes, Tuli Khan was a little at a loss.

"It's not appropriate to see blood when talking about martial arts events." Gao Chong turned his face aside, looked at Tielida who was still resentful and said, "I've saved this man, little Khan, please calm down."

After the words fell, Gao Chong stood up, "This is the end of today's martial arts banquet, let's go back to Jimen Pass."

Seeing Gao Chong leading the crowd down the Youzhou Terrace, Tu Li was completely stunned.

"Little Khan, something is wrong." Jiabitqin Ashina Simo frowned and said, "How dare Gao Chong be so rude."

The Ashina Association leader on the side looked sullen, and looked at Tuli Khan dissatisfied, "Brother, you just let the Tang people bully you like this?"

Ashina is the direct brother of Tuli Little Khan's mother and compatriot, only two years younger than Tuli, and has a rebellious personality.

Tuli calls itself the Turkic royal family, and has always looked down on the chiefs of the tribes under his command. He occasionally verbally abused or even whipped him, and he imposed excessive taxes year after year, which is really disgusting.

But if the person whom the Khitan and other tribes hate the most is chosen, it is not Tuli, but Tuli's younger brother Ashina.

Tuli calls himself an aristocrat, and often compares himself to a celebrity, but he is always stationed in Yazhang, and will not go out to harm other tribes. Ashina's association rate is different, and he often goes out hunting and bullies other tribes at will.

On the original trajectory, after Tuli descended to the Tang Dynasty, the association rate was only awarded the post of Zhonglang general. The association rate was secretly dissatisfied, and falsely accused his brother Tuli of treason in an attempt to fight for the title of King of Beiping County in Tuli, but after Li Shimin found out the truth, he is the alienation association rate.

Until the 13th year of Zhenguan, at this time, Tuli had been dead for eight years, and he had been a general of Zhonglang for 13 years.

The rate of association was actually a reckless one. When Li Shimin was away from the Jiucheng Palace, he only led more than [-] cronies to assassinate Li Shimin. This dramatic assassination did not cause any disturbances.

　I have been working overtime for the past few days, and I feel dizzy and dizzy. I will be fine next week.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)